Abstract: 16(S)-Isocarbacyclins have been found to the useful in the treatment of liver and kidney diseases.

Abstract: A process for producing a 2,3-disubstituted-4-substituted cyclopentanone, an enantiomorph thereof, or a mixture of these in an arbitrary ratio.The process comprises (A) subjecting a 4-substituted-2-cyclopentenone, an enantiomorph thereof, or a mixture of these in an arbitrary ratio, and an organocopper compound to conjugate addition-reaction, and thereafter (B) reacting the resulting enolate intermediate with a halide in the presence of a phenyl organotin compound.

Abstract: A 2,6,7-trisubstituted-3-methylenebicyclo-[3.3.0]octane of formula (I) or an enantiomer thereof, or a mixture of these in an arbitrary ratio. The compound is a key intermediate for preparation of isocarbacyclins which are useful as medicines for the circulatory system such as an antithrombotic agent, an antilipidemic agent, a hypotensive agent or an antiarterosclerotic agent.

Abstract: An isocarbacyclin derivative represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents H or a linear or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group, R.sup.2 represents H, a methyl group or a vinyl group, and R.sup.3 represents an unsubstituted linear or branched C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 alkyl group or a C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl group. and a pharmaceutaically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: An isocarbacyclin derivative represented by the following formula [VII'] ##STR1## wherein A represents, a hydrocarbylcarboxylate group, a carboxymethoxycarbonyl group, an amide group, an acyloxymethyl group or a hydroxymethyl group; R.sup.4 represents H, a methyl group or a vinyl group; R.sup.5 represents a (substituted)alkyl group, a phenyl group, a phenoxy group or a cycloalkyl group; R.sup.e22 and R.sup.e32 represent H or a hydroxyprotecting group; n is 0 or 1;and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: 7-thiaprostaglandins E.sub.1 which are compounds represented by the following formula [I] or their enantiomers or mixtures thereof in any ratio: ##STR1## where R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.2) alkyl group, or one equivalent cation; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be the same or different, represent a hydrogen atom, a tri (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7) hydrocarbon silyl group, or a group forming an acetal linkage together with an oxygen atom of a hydroxyl group; R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a vinyl group; R.sup.5 represents a linear or branched C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 alkyl group, a linear or branched C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 alkenyl group, a linear or branched C.sub.2 -C.sub.

Abstract: A 2-cyclopentenone derivative represented by the following formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms which may be substituted by a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or phenoxy group, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are identical or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkanoyl group, and the wavy line shows that the bonded state of the double bond is E or Z.This compound is useful for treating, for instance, malignant tumors.

Abstract: The fat emulsions containing the prostaglandin I.sub.2 's expressed by the following formula (I): ##STR1## where X represents an oxygen atom to a methine group, Y is a carbon atom, Z represents a methylene or methine group; when X is an oxygen atom, the mode of Y-Z binding is a double bond of carbon-carbon, and when X is a methine group, the mode of X-Y binding is a double bond of carbon-carbon and Z is a methylene group; R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or alkyl group, R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or fluorine atom, and R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom, methyl group, ethyl group or vinyl group. R.sub.4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group with 1-10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group with 2-10 carbons atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group with 2-10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group with 3-8 carbon atoms; and n is zero (0) or an integer of value 1.

Abstract: 2-Substituted-2-cyclopentenones represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A is a hydroxyl group or ##STR2## and B is a hydrogen atom or A and B are bonded together to form one bonding arm;R.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms;R.sup.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms;R.sup.3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; wherein,when R.sup.3 is a single bond bonded to the cyclopentene skeleton, X represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a protected hydroxyl group; andwhen R.sup.3 is a double bond bonded to the pentene skeleton, X represents a bonding arm constituting a part of said double bond; andm and n independently represent 0, 1 or 2.

Abstract: 1. An aromatic derivative having the formula (I) or the salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl, a halogen atom, or OR.sup.3 wherein R.sup.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl; A-B represents a hydrocarbon moiety having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and containing at least one double bond or a sulfur- or oxygen-containing hydrocarbon moiety having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; n is an integer of 2 to 4; X represents a group ##STR2## and Y represents a hydrogen atom; alkyl having 1 to 5 carbon atoms which may be substituted with aryl; alkenyl having 2 to 5 carbon atoms which may be substituted with aryl or aryl substituted with at least one C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy; aryl which may be substituted with at least one carboxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxycarbonyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkoxy; provided that, when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are both hydrogen, the moiety --A--B--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --X--Y does not represent ##STR3## wherein n=2 to 4 and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: This invention provides a process for producing bicyclo[3.3.0]octanes expressed by the following formula [II] ##STR1## wherein R.sub.11 represents H, a one-equivalent cation or R.sub.1, R.sub..omega.' , represents R.sub..omega.' , and R.sub.21 represents H or R.sub.2,from a thiol compound expressed by the following formula [I], ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 represents a C.sub.1-10 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl (C.sub.1-2)alkyl group or a tri(C.sub.1-7 hydrocarbyl)silyl group, Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, R.sub..omega. represents a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-13 alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.2-13 alkenyl group, and R.sub.2 represents a hydroxyl-protecting group.This process enables to obtain isocarbacyclines or synthetic intermediates therefor with industrial advantages.

Abstract: A novel process for manufacturing 16-substituted .DELTA..sup.7 -prostaglandin Es, which include compounds expressed by the following formula (I), their enanantiomers, or their mixtures of arbitrary mixing ratio, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 indicates COOR.sup.2, CH.sub.2 OR.sup.3, or COCH.sub.2 OR.sup.3, in which R.sup.2 indicates a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 cycloalkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and R.sup.3 indicates a hydrogen atom, a tri(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7) hydrocarbon silyl group, a group which forms an acetal bond together with the oxygen atom of a hydroxyl group, or a C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 acyl group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are identical or different, each representing a hydrogen atom, a tri(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7) hydrocarbon silyl group, or a group which forms an acetal bond together with the oxygen atom of a hydroxyl group; R.sup.6 indicates a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the production of PGD.sub.2, wherein 7-hydroxy prostaglandin F.sub.2 .alpha. is treated with thiocarbonyl diimidazole or its analog and subjecting thus treated product to the reaction to deoxidize the hydroxyl group at the 7-position, the reaction to convert the hydroxyl group to a protecting group, and the reaction to oxidize the hydroxyl group at the 11-position, thus giving PGD.sub.2 at a high efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention provides an industrially very advantageous process for producing prostaglandins E.sub.1 with fewer steps and in higher yield. The process comprises reacting a 7-hydroxyprostaglandin E with a reactive derivative of an organic sulfonic acid in the presence of a basic compound to form the corresponding 7-organic sulfonyloxyprostaglandin E, treating the resulting 7-organic sulfonyloxyprostaglandin E, after or without isolation, in the presence of a basic compound to form a .DELTA..sup.7 -prostaglandin E, thereafter selectively reducing the carbon-carbon unsaturated bond existing on the .alpha.-chain. Some of the 7-hydroxyprostaglandins E and .DELTA..sup.7 -prostaglandins E used in the process are novel compounds.

Abstract: A novel process for manufacturing 16-substituted .DELTA..sup.7 -prostaglandin Es, which include compounds expressed by the following formula (I), their enanantiomers, or their mixtures of arbitray mixing ratio, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 indicates COOR.sup.2, CH.sub.2 OR.sup.3, in which R.sup.2 indicates a hydrogen atom, a dubstituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 cycloalkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and R.sup.3 indicates a hydrogen atom, a tri(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7) hydrocarbon silyl group, a group which forms an acetal bond together with the oxygen atom of a hydroxyl group, or a C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 acyl group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are identical or different, each representing a hydrogen atom, a tri(C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 ) hydrocarbon silyl group, or a group which forms an acetal bond together with the oxygen atom of a hydroxyl group; R.sup.6 indicates a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group, or a vinyl group; R.sup.

Abstract: 6-substituted prostaglandins E.sub.1 which are compounds represented by the following formula [I] or their enantiomers or mixtures whereof in any ratio: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.16 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.2) alkyl group, or one equivalent cation; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be the same or different, represent a hydrogen atom, a tri (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7) hydrocarbon silyl group, or a group forming an acetal linkage together with an oxygen atom of a hydroxyl group; R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a vinyl group; R.sup.5 represents a linear or branched C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 alkyl group, a linear or branched C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 alkenyl group, a linear or branched C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 alkynyl group, a phenyl group which may be substituted, a phenoxy group which may be substituted, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.

Abstract: Novel 5-alkylidene-4-substituted-2-cyclopentenones and 5-(1-hydroxy-aliphatic hydrocarbon)-4-substituted-2-cyclopentenones.These novel cyclopentenones and 5-alkylidene-3-hydroxy-4-substituted cyclopentanones have a pharmaceutical activity for treatment of tumors.

Abstract: A novel prostacyclins expressed by the following formula (1) ##STR1## wherein a symbol between the 2-position and 3-position indicates single bond or double bond; G indicates --CO.sub.2 R.sup.5 or --CONR.sup.6 R.sup.7 in which R.sup.5 is a hydrogen atom, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group, substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic group, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.2) alkyl group, tri (C.sub.1 -C.sub.7) hydrocarbon-silyl group, or one equivalent cation, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are identical or different and each representing a hydrogen atom, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group, or R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are substituted or unsubstituted five to six-membered ring which may join together with a nitrogen atom to which they are linked and further contain a hetero atom; R.sup.1 indicates a hydrogen atom, or methyl group; R.sup.2 indicates an unsubstituted C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 alkyl group substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic group, or substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: A 4-hydroxy-2-cyclopentenone represented by the following formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, A represents a hydrogen atom and B represents a hydroxyl group, or A and B are bonded to each other to represent a bond, R.sup.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a protective group for a hydroxyl group, provided that R.sup.2 is not a 2-octenyl, 8-acetoxy-2-octenyl or 2,5-octadienyl group. The compounds of formula (I) in which A is hydrogen and B is hydroxyl group are prepared by subjecting a 5-unsubstituted cyclopentenone and an aldehyde to aldol condensation reaction. The compounds of formula (I) in which A and B form a bond is prepared by subjecting the compounds of the formula (I) in which A is hydrogen and B is hydroxyl group to dehydration.

Abstract: Novel 5-alkylidene-2-halo-4-substituted-2-cyclopentenone and process for production thereof. The novel 5-alkylidene-2-halo-4-substituted-2-cyclopentenones are represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.a represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, R.sub.b represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and X represents a halogen atom. The novel cyclopentenones possess excellent pharmaceutical activities including anti-tumor activity, antiviral activity and antimicrobial activity.